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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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The Ozone Disco fire
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WE remember today the Ozone Disco
fire that killed 160 celebrators and injured 95 others on Timog
Avenue, Quezon City, on March 18, 1996. Most of the victims were
students celebrating the end of the school year. The fire that
struck after midnight raged four hours.
We remember the tragic fire as
the government marks Fire Prevention Month by paying token service
to fire prevention and fire safety.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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More than common
economic indicators
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THE economy is performing better according to the
standard measurements and the administration never fails to say so
in every forum available.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Why the bishops
reject Cory Aquino
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THE political temperature has died down, partly
because Lent comes this week. But, there remains an effort to
influence the members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines (CBCP) to support the move...
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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The other side of
Henry Sy
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NEXT only to Lucio Tan, Henry Sy has been listed by
Forbes magazine as the second richest Filipino, ranking 843rd among
the world’s wealthiest with an estimated net worth of $1.4
billion.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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The fastest and
biggest deal
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ON Dec. 13, 2006, the state-owned PNOC Energy
Development Corp. (PNOC EDC) sold its shares for the public for the
first time. EDC is the world’s largest geothermal company.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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An Army unit
steeped in civic work
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AFTER a crash course on what to do in the event that
I heard gun fire outside my sleeping quarters, I was ready to spend
my first night at an army battalion camp.
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Let the Rotary
spirit come to Pampanga
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WE live in what the Chinese call interesting times.
Interesting, in the sense that all the events that have transpired
in the past few weeks have given us pause to examine what the signs
of the times are telling us.
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